'Star Trek Into Darkness': Alice Eve's role revealed

Some of the tightly kept secrets of sci-fi sequel
"Star Trek Into Darkness" -- including the name of the character played by
Alice Eve -- are starting to leak out as the film ramps up its publicity in advance of next year's May 17 release date.

Now,
Coming Soon is reporting that Eve's character is called Carol Marcus, and that's a name that means a lot. In
"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," Marcus was a scientist and one of Captain Kirk's lovers. Not only that, but she gave birth to his son, David. Actress
Bibi Besch played the role in "Khan."

As those who saw director
J.J. Abrams' 2009 reboot "Star Trek" know, the new series of films is unfolding in an alternate timeline from the original series. So Marcus may or may not have a similar relationship with Kirk (played by
Chris Pine) in "Into Darkness," but the revelation seems to contradict
early reports that Eve would be playing a newly created character.